The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-08
THE GOSSIP OF THE TOWN.
TRIPLES C4UGHT ON THE Fly BY
THE NEWA,s REPOR1ERS.


John Boyd got there at last, and the SUN
DAY MoRNINe News is glad of 1t.
Judge William B. Rankin was one of the
gentleman who hankered after a seat in
the Board Of e Education.
Mr.. G. H Benson is warm advocate Of
the High School, and Mr.. Edward A. Du-
gan, who has had two sisters educated at
that local seminary of learning, is warm
friend of Principal Poland,
Mr., George B, harvey. who is one of tie
most accomplished Journalists in New Jer-
sey, has charge not only of the "World"
New Jersey edition but of the special
Philadelphia Sunday edition as well.
''Ret' Clenland thinks that Cleveland is
as sure to be next President of the United
States, as Cleveland is to be next Mayor of
Jersey City. At the same time he does not
know, he says, that his father would take
REORGANIZATION.
Justice William j. Rouget who has been
for thirteen years with Trustee Joseph
Warren has ST. rted out for himself. His
new quarters are at No. 345 Grove street,
where he carries on a general real estate
and brokerage business.
Bruce E. Chiffon and William V. Toffey,
who conduct. in partnership, a brokerage
business IN New York, haTe just moved
their Office into elegant and ample apart
ments on the New street side of the great
building at No. "A Broadway.
Elk Editor Mullone makes an ill-natured
denial Of the statement in this column last
Sunday morning concerning himself and
the city postmastership. lie say S that he
never sought nor expected it; that he is
neither seeking nor expecting anything in
the lire of public office.
Alderman Dennis Reardon is the temper
airy presiding officer of the Board of Alder
men. stWhy don't they leave him there?"
did we hear you ask? We don't know, but
he says that its because the manipulators
of city affairs are afraid they won't be able
to control him, and SO they don't want kim
there.
There is something of rivalry between
the police at the Pennsylvania depot and
10 Francis, the Railroad Company's special
detective. Francis arraigns all his prison.
ers before slim" Davis, and it S reported
that some of the police changes Davis has
made at the ferry have been made to please
Francis.
Chief of Police Murphy has taken adj
vantage of the opportunity his connection
with Building and Loan Association afford
ed him to build a house for himself adjoin-
ing the North Baptist Church, on Jersey
avenue. Headquarters officials started him
il housekeeping in his new home the other
evening by presenting him with hand
some dinner set. The Chief deserves all
he has.
Very many newspaper men in New Jer-
sey will regret the sudden death, at Mont
clair the other day, of Editor Rouse, of the
Elizabeth "Journal." He was scholarly
Of .1bi 1,a,
the paper he edited dignity that few papers
in the State can boast of. 1t was because
of the work he put into it that it acquired
decisive and emphatic influence in Eliza
beth and exerted considerable influence
outside.
Commissioner Datz has an idea that the
s'gallus' "Count' who used to visit him at
Rockaway occasionally is dead. But he
was seen marching up Broadway the other
day with all the graceful agility of French
dancing master treading on eggs, his tight
legged trousers Just meeting his shoe tops.
his short tailed Prince Albert buttoned
close around his tall, slim form, his rusty
silk hat set jauntily on his head and the
grease trickiiDg from his plastersd locks
down his back.
Dan Kilburn, the van driver, wasn't
certain whether we had libeled him or not
till, in answer to his threat to commence
proceedings, we incautiously blew noise
through our lips at him. That convinced
him that we had grossly libeled him, and
.2e rushed right off to Lane, J. P, and had
us gathered 10 on warrant. We hope to
be alb to convince the aforesaid Lane, J.
p, that it is not libel to autter your breath
in mans face.
s'rhey are making great howl" said a
all no iva Ia of1,a a
''over Jim Davis's transfer of policemen
from precinct to precinct Do you know
that the Republican Fire Board have
been doing the same business on a good
deal larger scale? At least fifteen men con-
nected with the Fire Department have
been shifted from their old houses to new.
Why, they haven't left a single man of the
old crowd at Five Engine House"
1t is minated that Finance Commits
sioner Hardenbergh alone stands in the
way of Senator Edwards being made Cor
poration Counsel. Ex-Judge Blair and
Mr.. Hardenbergh are very close personal
friends. Assemblymen Hudspeth and
Noonan are both after the Corporation At
torneyship. There is no great likelihood
of Corporation Attorney Seymour being
disturbed, but if a change is to be made in
favor OF one of the two Assemblymen
named, 6uuspeIn should De tne winner by |
all Odds
Every now and then tall and stout |
gentleman showing many OF the indications
of the feebleness of age IN his gait and ap |
pearance, may be seen walking up Ex- |
change place, with a bag in his hand. He |
is ex-Chancellor Williamson, active and |
alert in spite of the fact that he has got to |
be nearly eighty years OF age. Sometimes |
he shows the petulanee OF an old man, but |
his mind is wonderfully keen and vigorous |
yet, and the Central Railroad Company |
entrusts its most important legal matters
10 his hands.
Prof. Randall the newly appointed mus